@kiffer101.bsky.social
Economist by training, wondering what the hell is wrong with people
Conversation overheard in Notts….”I was born in America so I don’t have a vote in UK, but if I did I’d vote for Farage or Corbyn because they really understand people’s problems…I voted Trump this time…I’d have voted Biden but I couldn’t vote for a woman, especially not that woman” unpick that lot!
September 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Conversation overheard in Notts….”I was born in America so I don’t have a vote in UK, but if I did I’d vote for Farage or Corbyn because they really understand people’s problems…I voted Trump this time…I’d have voted Biden but I couldn’t vote for a woman, especially not that woman” unpick that lot!
Go on BBC…or any other papers carrying news of Rayners tax affairs…prove me wrong
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Go on BBC…or any other papers carrying news of Rayners tax affairs…prove me wrong
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce – UK politics live
Good luck to those of you who fall under her ‘control’ - 15 years of austerity and there’s apparently still fat to cut in Lincolnshire
Good luck to those of you who fall under her ‘control’ - 15 years of austerity and there’s apparently still fat to cut in Lincolnshire
May 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce – UK politics live
Good luck to those of you who fall under her ‘control’ - 15 years of austerity and there’s apparently still fat to cut in Lincolnshire
Good luck to those of you who fall under her ‘control’ - 15 years of austerity and there’s apparently still fat to cut in Lincolnshire
No doubt he’ll be able to claim on social security 😬
March 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No doubt he’ll be able to claim on social security 😬
Worth a listen??
“They were each other’s closest friend for a very long time.”
March 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Worth a listen??
So, if Farage has worked for 30 years to get to a point where he has changed the party for good, that must mean that he both recognises that Brexit changed it for bad, and it’s only temporary
March 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
So, if Farage has worked for 30 years to get to a point where he has changed the party for good, that must mean that he both recognises that Brexit changed it for bad, and it’s only temporary
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It seems Moscow's quite pleased with how the last few days have gone. Today's Russian papers:
· “Russia can't conceal its malicious pleasure…”
· “The Western system is crashing like a house of cards.”
· Kremlin “New US foreign policy configurations largely aligned with Russia’s” #ReadingRussia
· “Russia can't conceal its malicious pleasure…”
· “The Western system is crashing like a house of cards.”
· Kremlin “New US foreign policy configurations largely aligned with Russia’s” #ReadingRussia
Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (3 March 2025)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It seems Moscow's quite pleased with how the last few days have gone. Today's Russian papers:
· “Russia can't conceal its malicious pleasure…”
· “The Western system is crashing like a house of cards.”
· Kremlin “New US foreign policy configurations largely aligned with Russia’s” #ReadingRussia
· “Russia can't conceal its malicious pleasure…”
· “The Western system is crashing like a house of cards.”
· Kremlin “New US foreign policy configurations largely aligned with Russia’s” #ReadingRussia
About time. The frog faced buffoon has no idea of how to be a politician, just a negative campaigner
February 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
About time. The frog faced buffoon has no idea of how to be a politician, just a negative campaigner
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Today the CDC, tomorrow the BLS? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lies-damne...
Lies, Damned Lies and Trumpflation
Big worries — and some investment advice
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today the CDC, tomorrow the BLS? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lies-damne...
England v France: Six Nations 2025 – live
Game!!!
Game!!!
February 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
England v France: Six Nations 2025 – live
Game!!!
Game!!!
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"The concentration of wealth among the wealthiest few is a fucking abomination. We aren’t going to mince words about it."
-TealAndOrangeReport
Substack is the new WAPO. Stay in tune with real news.
#HOPECORPS
🙏📰🙏
-TealAndOrangeReport
Substack is the new WAPO. Stay in tune with real news.
#HOPECORPS
🙏📰🙏
Wow. 🔥🔥🔥
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
The Report That Musk, Zuck & Bezos DON'T Want You to See
A scathing OXFAM report exposes how billionaires really "earn" their wealth.
www.tealandorangereport.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"The concentration of wealth among the wealthiest few is a fucking abomination. We aren’t going to mince words about it."
-TealAndOrangeReport
Substack is the new WAPO. Stay in tune with real news.
#HOPECORPS
🙏📰🙏
-TealAndOrangeReport
Substack is the new WAPO. Stay in tune with real news.
#HOPECORPS
🙏📰🙏
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UK’s newest warrior against grooming gangs
January 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
UK’s newest warrior against grooming gangs
He isn’t feeling it
December 28, 2024 at 1:39 PM
He isn’t feeling it